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Process for the manufacture of D-erythrose

US6300494A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 9, 1997
Grant dateOct 9, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 9, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07H3/02
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of D-erythrose, characterized in that an aqueous solution of a salt of gluconic acid is brought into contact with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a salt of a metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel and ruthenium. It also relates to a process for the manufacture of erythritol by hydrogenation of D-erythrose thus obtained.

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